Jeremiah says no such thing -- and indeed the T'nach (bible) tells us time and time and time again that G-d is NOT a man! "Do not trust in princes, or in the son of man, who has no salvation." (Psalm / T'hillim 146:3). I HaShem do not change ." Malachi 3:6 "Before Me no god was formed, nor will there be one after Me. I, even I, am HaShem, and besides Me there is no Savior.” Isaiah 43:11 “I am the first and I am the last; apart from Me there is no G-d! Isaiah 44:6 "I am HaShem, and there is no other; besides Me there is no G-d" Isaiah 45:5 "Remember the first things of old, that I am G-d and there is no other; I am G-d and there is none like Me." Isaiah 46:9. On top of which the T'nach also tells us clearly that the messiah will be a human descendant of kings David and Solomon. Y'rmiyahu / Jeremiah 23:4-7 does speak of the messianic age. It says: "And I will set up shepherds over them and they shall pasture them, and they shall no longer fear nor shall they be dismayed, nor shall [any of them] be missing, says the L-rd.? Behold, days are coming, says the L-rd, when I will set up of David a righteous shoot, and he shall reign a king and prosper, and he shall perform judgment and righteousness in the land. In his days, Judah shall be saved and Israel shall dwell safely, and this is his name that he shall be called, The L-rd is our righteousness." Y'rmiyahu / Jeremiah 23:4-6.J There is not one word about the messiah being a god, let alone G-d Himself. Jeremiah says an heir of King David will reign as king. Read: Back to the beginning - Jesus was not eligible to be messiah. Jesus never reigned as a king. Jesus did not have the right to be a king, but right or not -- he never was an anointed king of the Jewish people. He lived and died a poor man who never held any political power. Let's parse the verses:
"In those days, Judah shall be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell securely and this is the name that He shall call it the L-rd is our righteousness." Y'rmiyahu / Jeremiah 33:16. It. Last I looked people (including the messiah) are not things (e.g., "it"). The meaning of the sentence is that G-d will call the city of Jerusalem His in the true messianic era (which Jeremiah describes -- and Jesus obviously did not bring!) The children of Israel still has no king because the messiah has not yet come. Jesus was not a king and he most certainly was not a god! Is there any special significance to the fact that of G-d's various "names" the one used in this passage is His holiest name? Nope. Consider the name of the current Israeli Prime Minister: Binyamin Netanyahu. The name נְתַנְיָה N'tanyah (or, in full, נְתַנְיָהוּ N'tanyahu) is fairly common in the T'nach, occurring 20 times in all (of which all but five appear in the abbreviated form). The three letters ־יָהוּ -yahu are the first three letters of the Tetragrammaton (with vowels added to make them pronounceable). No one has claimed that the prime minister is a god.
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